Knitted fabric



Sept. 17, 1940. E. A. KALIL KNITTED FABRIC Filed'sept. e. 1939 Patented Sept. 17, 1940 UNIT STATES PATENT QFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to the production of a new knitted fabric, and has for its object the production of a knitted fabric that will permit of printing thereon different designsI of ornamenta- 5 tion with results not heretofore obtainable in knitted fabrics.

As is well known, knitted fabrics are susceptibler to much stretching.

In printing fabrics it is customary to print the l desired design on only one side of the fabric, which printing does not penetrate through to the back but usually remains only on the front or top layer of threads, and when the fabric is stretched the printed design is marred by a l grin, caused by the unprinted under-portion of the fabric showing through the printed design. Eforts have been made to overcome this grin effect by making a heavy impression of the print in order to penetrate into the fabric as deeply as possible, but even this method has' not overcome the grin in a satisfactory manner. Further, in the printing of tubular fabrics such heavy printing sometimes penetrates through to the front of the under section of the tubular fabric, destroying its usefulness.

This invention substantially overcomes this objectionable grin effect for all practical purposes by knitting the fabric of threads of different colors, combining dark and light threads in different proportions according to whether the finished printed fabric is to have a design predominantly light or predominantly dark.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 shows a piece of material in which the light or natural threads predominate.

Fig. 2 shows the same material with a design printed thereon.

Fig. 3 shows a piece of material predominantly dark, into which there has also been knitted the design of a dot.

Fig. 4 shows the same material with a design printed thereon. f

Textiles for print purposes have heretofore been knitted of cotton or other material of the adapted, it must be drawn taut, with the result (Cl. lll-17) that the printed design is more or less marred by the grin heretofore referred to.

In knitting fabrics according toI this invention, instead of using threads of natural color only, I take threads of different colors, blending them with natural or mock twist threads into basic fabrics of different colored effects.l For example, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, I knit, in any known manner, a fabric consisting of threads of natural I and mock twist 2 as `a basis, and on such mottled fabric I print in blue or other dark color a design 3 through the unprinted portions t of which the mottled effect of the fabric shows. When this material is stretched in use the combination of knitted fabric of my invention permits of no grin appearing to mar the complete design of the fabric.

In. Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a fabric in which there is woven a design 5.

The approximate method of knitting this fabric would be totake ten threads of mock twist 6, one thread of yellow 'l and one thread of red 8, the two latter producing the dot 5. Mock twist is a strand made of a natural and a' colored thread spun together. In Fig. 4 this fabric is shown with a design 9 printed on it. In this design the base I0 is red which practically blots out the knitted dot in the base portion, while the design 9 itself, showing in the colors of the knitted fabric permits the dot 5 to show through to form a part of the complete design.

Other basic effects are. produced by combinations of different colored threads and by using different proportions.

It will be seen that my invention produces an entirely new and useful fabric for print purposes, and which adds greatly to its ladaptability for such purpose. Further, since it will not be necessary to print designs heavily on my new fabric to overcome the grin there is considerable economy in the use of ink.

What I claim is:

In a fabric of the character described, said fabric being knitted of differently colored threads and. having a design printed thereon in colors substantially blending with the colors of the thread whereby the colored appearance of the fabric remains unchanged when stretched.

ELIASI A. KALIL. 

